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​Performing Arts Department

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​​Performing Arts at BHS Letter


BHS Performing Arts Course Catalog
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Program Overview & Vision 

​The Performing Arts Department at Brookline High School is a thriving and lively home for creative expression. We offer courses and extra curricular activities in drama, dance, stagecraft, tech, instrumental music, chorus, and digital music in introductory through advanced levels. Our programs support those who are passionate about a particular performing art, as well introducing students to areas they are not familiar with and may fall in love with through their experience in our classes. Performing Arts gives everyone a voice and teaches communication skills as students learn to work independently and in an ensemble. In addition to learning technique in our different disciplines, students collaborate, problem solve and develop their ability to think critically and creatively - skills that will carry over to all areas of their lives, while having a lot of fun in the process! Students who participate in Performing Arts at BHS develop their artistic technique and vision, and they learn that through working collaboratively, we can create a whole greater than the sum of its individual parts.

Through a variety of courses in Dance, Drama, Stagecraft, Vocal, Instrumental and Digital Music, the Brookline High School's Performing Arts teach self-discipline, reinforce self esteem, develop cooperative learning, encourage curiosity, and foster the creative thinking and problem solving skills that are so necessary for students as they grow and mature.

Performing Arts courses provide students the opportunities to:

Explore and Discover
• Using their imagination and creativity, students develop their self-identity and self-expression. They build self-confidence and learn who they are and who they want to be, while engaging with others doing the same. 

Develop Craftsmanship
• Through practice, focus and problem solving, find new ways to communicate with intent:  present ideas and issues, to teach, to persuade, to enjoy, and to entertain.

Engage in Community
• Develop the attitudes, characteristics, communication, and critical thinking skills required to effectively participate in a complex and ever changing society.


• ​In addition to the daily course work, the Performing Arts Department provides many extracurricular opportunities for students in Drama productions, Music concerts, and Dance presentations. 
CLASS WEBSITES
(click on each class title below to redirect to class website)
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MUSIC​

Concert Choir                                A cappella Choir                            
Camerata Honor Choir                 AP Music Theory       

Piano Class                            Jazz, Rock, Hip Hop Ensemble

Concert Band                                Digital Music Production

Music Collective/Jazz Band         Drumming & World Music

String Orchestra                            Concert Orchestra

Advanced Chamber Orchestra

Guitar, Ukulele and Bass through Songs & Songwriting, Level One & Level Two


DANCE

Beginning Dance                          Intermediate Dance

Advanced Modern/Jazz Dance

African, Latin, Hip Hop Dance

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DRAMA

Drama I & IA                                  Drama II & IIA

Backstage: Powertools & Special Effects

Design for the Stage                    
Needs Improvment

Theater for Social Change (formerly BETCo)
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AUDITION INFO FOR 2023-2024 CLASSES
Many Performing Arts classes have no audition nor prerequisite, but some do. See click on links below for audition info. All auditions for 2023-2024 classes will happen in early to mid March, 2023 


Advanced Chamber Orchestra - by audition 


A cappella Choir (no audition for 10th through 12th graders), Camerata Choir and to be a chorus piano accompanist - by audition 
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Dance - Intermediate & Advanced - by audition for students who haven't taken the prior level at BHS

Music Collective/Jazz Band - by audition

Open Drama Class - open to any student who wants to see what drama is like at BHS 

Drama II, Needs Improvment & Theater for Social Change -  by audition for any student who hasn't taken the prior level

Department Contact Information


Kenny Kozol
K-12 Performing Arts Department Chair​

kenny_kozol@psbma.org
617-713-5228
Sonya Joyner
K-12 Performing Arts Secretary

sonya_joyner@psbma.org
617-713-5216

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Friends of Performing Arts (FoPA)
 - BHS Performing Arts Parent/Guardian Group
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Faculty​

MUSIC
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Mike Driscoll
Choirs, AP Music Theory & Piano Class
michael_driscoll@psbma.org


Carolyn Castellano
Bands & Digital Music Production & Composition
carolyn_castellano@psbma.org


Nina Bishop
Orchestras & Piano Class
nina_bishop@psbma.org


Kenny Kozol
Drumming & World Music
kenny_kozol@psbma.org

DANCE


Britteny Hyslip                                                                               
Beginning through Advanced Dance & African, Latin Hip Hop        Dance    
britteny_hyslip@psbma.org 
 
 
Mayra Hernandez 
[on leave of absence for the 2022-2023 school year] 
Beginning through Advanced Dance & African, Latin Hip Hop Dance    
mayra_hernandez@psbma.org
DRAMA
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Mark VanDerzee
Needs Improvment, Theater for Social Change (Formerly BETCo), Backstage: Powertools & Special Effects & Tech, Design for the Stage. 
mark_vanderzee@psbma.org

Elena Maimonis
Drama & BHS Musical and 9th Grade Play Director
elena_maimonis@psbma.org

Arika Nabutovsky
Drama, Backstage: Powertools & Special Effects & Tech, Design for the Stage, & Fall and Spring Play Director
arika_nabutovsky@psbma.org



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